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Presenter, Position

EFPSA official presentation

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What does EFPSA do?

EFPSA organises annual academic events across Europe and hosts online resources - altogether providing psychology students opportunity for academic, professional and personal development.

Our activities are guided by four goals: to serve psychology students, contribute to society, improve psychology, and link professionals, academics, and students.

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32 European Members

Member Organisations

Observer Organisations

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Scientific cooperation between European psychology students

Mission

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MissionTo enhance the mobility of European psychology students

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MissionSocial & cultural cooperation between European psychology students.

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MissionTo represent European psychology students in the professional world.

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EFPSA events

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300 psychology students gathering for a week of scientific, cultural and social activities

Congress

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EFPSA Congresses so far…..• 1987 Lisbon, Portugal • 2002 Avanos, Turkey

• 1988 Liege, Belgium • 2003 Porto, Portugal

• 1989 Lund, Sweden • 2004 Kopaonik, Serbia and Montenegro

• 1990 Lyon, France • 2005 San Rafael, Spain

• 1991 Geneva, Switzerland • 2006 Spindlruv Mlyn, Czech Republic

• 1992 Bergen, Norway • 2007 Turku, Finland

• 1993 Amsterdam, The Netherlands

• 2008 Tuščiaulių Kaimas, Lithuania

• 1994 Lancaster, UK • 2009 Altleiningen, Germany

• 1995 Pula, Croatia • 2010 Baarlo, The Netherlands

• 1996 Jyväskylä, Finland • 2011 Borowice, Poland

• 1997 Jurmala, Latvia • 2012 Rødby, Denmark

• 1998 Skofja Loka, Slovenia • 2013 Izmir, Turkey

• 1999 Troia, Portugal • 2014, Oradea, Romania

• 2000 Jäneda, Estonia

• 2001 Budapest, Hungary

Coming soon:

Czech Republic, Šumava, 2015

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29th EFPSA Congress: Czech Republic,

2015

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European Summer School

• An event for 36 psychology students from across Europe, establishing 6 research groups led by PhD-student or postdoc supervisors

• Bringing together academics, undergraduates and post-graduates

• Enrolment into the Junior Researcher Programme

A research-based summer school

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Train the Trainers Summer School

• One week of training for 12 motivated psychology students learning from professional trainers

• Participants gaining skills, knowledge and attitude suited for delivering non-formal education across a wide range of topics

• Follow-up support to gain practical experience as a trainer in & for EFPSA

A uniquely creative learning environment

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Train Advanced Trainers

• 9 days of training for 25 youth trainers

• An event of non-formal education open to all youth trainers, bringing various youth NGOs together.

• Local impact: a day trainings delivered to local students

A school for experienced trainers of the student NGO world

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A new academically oriented event from EFPSA

Conference

• 2nd Conference: Slovakia, November 2015

• Four days, 150 students

• Lectures from researchers, professionals & students

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EFPSA Day

A promotional day at universities all over Europe

• Spread the word about EFPSA at your University!

• Goal: to get as many Psychology students from all over Europe as possible familiar with EFPSA

• Organisers get a full support from the EFPSA Day Coordinator

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EFPSA Day

Introducing the EFPSA Box

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EFPSA services

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• A step-by-step guide for planning bachelor and master level exchanges

• Shared experience stories from other psychology students

• Detailed information on university fees, courses, and languages

• A new online online database of postgraduate programmes available

Online resources for studying psychology across Europe

Study Abroad

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• A couch-surfing tool aiming to support a Europe-wide free lodging network for psychology students

Travel Network

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• A peer-reviewed scientific journal for psychology students

• Submissions any time

• Open Access

• Professional feedback from academics

• Support with your first academic publication

Journal of European Psychology Students

http://jeps.efpsa.org | http://blog.efpsa.org

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Journal of European Psychology Students

• Published by Ubiquity Press

• Advantages:- 1st step in your scientific career- continuous feedback at each step- work with PhD students in your field

• We also have a blog, the JEPS BULLETIN - academic writing, publishing, research skills, interviews

• and we are on Facebook!

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Junior Researcher Programme

• A fully-supported 13-month framework for research projects established at the European Summer School

• Professional direction from well-established academics

• Dissemination of research through the EFPSA Journal

• Studies conclude with internships, currently hosted at the University of Cambridge

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• Supporting professional & personal development of EFPSA

• Providing trainings over several internal events

• Collaborating with trainers from other organisations

Training Office

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Structure

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Board of Management 2014/2015

Steering EFPSA through a one year mandate

President | Mariyan Vasev

Vice-President | Spyridoula

Chalari

Secretary General | Mirna

Cerovac

Head of Finance | Jayne

Hamilton

Activities Officer |Ana

Odabasic

Marketing Officer | Tajana

Lucic

Member Representatives’

Coordinator | Alexander

Gruhn

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Legislative Body

32 member organisations deciding the future direction of EFPSA at General

Assemblies

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The working community of EFPSA gathering to ensure its sustainability

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Joint Executive Board & Member Representatives Meeting

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Why get involved?

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• Scientific knowledge from experts, students and practitioners

• Academic publishing

• European research groups

• Networking between students and academics

A step forward in your academic career

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Building professional skillsPromotion

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• Challenging & rewarding experiences of organising and hosting international events

• Responsibility for online services

• Representation of national student associations at a European level

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www.efpsa.org

• Make use of our online services

• Attend an international event

• Work for EFPSA

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